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The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being…
The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of martyrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].The new and complete book of martyrs; or, An universal history of martyrdom: being Fox's Book of marytrs, revised and corrected, with additions and great improvements. : Containing an authentic account of the lives, persecutions and sufferings of the holy martyrs; and the many dreadful persecutions against the Church of Christ in all parts of the world, by pagans, Jews, Turks, papists, and others, from earliest ages of the church to the present period. ... The whole forming at once a general Christian martyrology, and a complete history of persecutions. / By the Rev. Mr. John Fox, M.A. late of Magdalen College, Oxford. ; Now revised, corrected and improved, with many additional articles, relating to the acts and monuments of the church. By Paul Wright, D.D. ; Embellished with forty elegant copper plate engravings. ; In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
New-York: printed by William Durell, 1794
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WILLIAM JENNINGS of Westminster, being examined upon the answers of the said William Flower, saith and deposeth by virtue of his oath, That he did hear and see the said Flower acknowledge and recognize the said answers, and subscribe the same with his own hand in the consistory place: and further deposeth, That he upon Easter-day last past was present in the church of St. Margaret's in Westminster, where Flower struck the said John Cheltam, priest, first upon the head, and afterwards upon his arm, whereby the said priest is like to lose his hand. Also this jurate deposeth, that the said John Cheltam had a chalice with certain consecrated hosts therein in his hand, which were sprinkled with the blood of the said priest, and after Flower was apprehended by this examinant and others, they carried him immediately to the Gatehouse in Westminster.
JOHN BRAY, one of the church-wardens of the parish church of St. Margaret's in Westminster, sworn and examined upon the said answers, saith and deposeth, That he did hear and see the said Flower acknowledge and recognize the said answers, and also subscribe unto the same: and further deposeth of Flower's striking the priest, in effect, as the rest of the examinants do, and that this said jurate was present there at the doing thereof.
AFTER the depositions of these witnesses were taken, published, and denounced, the said bishop spake to William Flower, and asked him, if he knew any matter or cause why sentence should not be read, and he to be pronounced as an heretic. Whereunto he answered as followeth: I have nothing at all to say, for I have already said unto you all that I have to say; and what I have said, I will not go from: and therefore do what you will, &c.